Tapper

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One that taps.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One who taps
  • n. A tap-dancer
  • n. A phone tapper or wiretapper
  • n. A tapster
  • n. In early wireless telegraphs, a device used to shake loose the filings of a coherer.
  • n. The lesser spotted woodpecker.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); -- called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and pump borer.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A hammer for striking a bell or chime.
  • n. A device for restoring a coherer to its normal resistance, after this has been affected by electric oscillations, by means of a series of slight mechanical shocks.
  • n. One who or that which operates a screw-cutting tap for threading holes.
  • n. One who taps or draws liquor; a tapster; specifically, an innkeeper.
  • n. One who or that which taps or strikes.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire
  • n. a dancer who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoes
  • n. a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks
  • n. a person who strikes a surface lightly and usually repeatedly
  • n. a worker who uses a tap to cut screw threads
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